Originally Posted by
redfb
My wife wonders if it's always been this way and she is just now noticing it, or is it really declining.
Your wife is closer to the truth. Actually, things are getting much, much better, with every year that passes. Your chances of being murdered today are just about nil; a few thousand years ago, it would have been about one in five if you're male. But it used to be that people didn't have TV and internet news, so they didn't
hear about as much trouble. Plus, our standards are evolving faster than our behavior, and being let down in the process.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
Socrates, circa 400 BC